Re: MILO vs BIOS on Linux/Intel.
James Mastros (root@jennifer-unix.dyn.ml.org)
Fri, 13 Feb 1998 19:50:27 -0500 (EST)
On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, Peter Horton wrote:
> Most BIOSes have to support multiple languages, including multi-byte
> characters sets, so the BIOS display is often done in a graphics mode to
> allow the necessary font support. For speed reasons this is probably done
> by direct screen writes.
>
> P.
Odd... I've never seen a multi-lingual BIOS, nor one that (recognizably) ran
(the setup) in graphics mode. Perhaps this is more common in Europe?
-=- James Mastros
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